Six (6) Incredible quotes to set the tone for 2020
By understanding the power of language.
“The syntactical nature of reality, the real secret of magic, is that the world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish.” — Terence McKenna
That’s a good one, isn’t it… And it’s NOT even part of the six I am about to share with you.
Language is the tool that allows the mind to know what it’s thinking and prevail over instinct (in most cases).
It allows us to create a virtual world in our heads, and pull the present forward to meet that.
The world is made of language, and what lies at the heart of every living thing is not fire, not warm breath, not a spark of life. “It is information, words, and instructions’.
But is this reality or is it mere poetry?
Well…
When things get tough, many people turn to a motivational quote for a bit of inspiration. And even though in its most profound nature, a quote is just a stack of words that we give meaning to — humans for the past 200,000 years, have been able to persuade, seduce and influence each other through the power of language.
If you know me, or you know anything about me — you’d presumably be aware of my devoted love to feel-good inspirational quotes.
Quotes are a language that is incredibly motivating and often full of wisdom. When smart people talk, it’s always smart to listen. However, quotes without context provide no action — and at times can be paralyzing for those with a confused mind.
The following are six of my favorite quotes with context for how you can act on your 2020 goals and plans:
1) The Best Quote To Start Your Year
“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
2) The Best Quote To Set Goals Against
“People tend to overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in a decade”
- Adapted from Bill Gates
3) The Best Quote For Surrounding Yourself With The Right People
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
- Rumi
4) The Best Quote To Handle Adversity
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
- C.S. Lewis
5) The Best Quote To Reframe True Love
“Only the one who is beyond the fear of losing oneself can know love. Can be love. Love is not a victory march, it is a cold and it is a broken hallelujah. “
- Sadh Guru
6) The Best Quote To Help You Never Lose Faith
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
The creation of language was the first singularity for humans. It changed everything. Life after language was unimaginable to those on the far side before it.
Think about it this way — ‘trying to explain the nuances of a Shakespearian sonnet to an ape is simply unimaginable’. This is what makes us human.
So ‘USE LANGUAGE WITH CAUTION, AND AT YOUR OWN RISK!’
May your intuition guide you to make 2020 the best year of your life through the power of language and the consciousness of your choices.
Happy New Year.
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